Land Southwest of Hightown Drove, Burwell (90 MW battery storage)
Land Southwest of Hightown Drove, Burwell is a 90 MW battery storage project in East Cambridgeshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 9 March 2026; the record was last updated on 1 May 2026.
90 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
1 May 2026record last updated
East Cambridgeshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 July 2025 | Application submitted |
| 9 March 2026 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 90 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 1 May 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Grenergy Renewables UK Limited
- Planning authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/00639/FUM
- Address (REPD)
- Sw/O Hightown Drove, Burwell, Cambridge
- Council area (by location)
- East Cambridgeshire
- Time to decision
- 35 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Land Southwest of Hightown Drove, Burwell - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17433
Who decides
| Applications | East Cambridgeshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (3%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 22 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.8 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Barrow Solar Farm Project | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 0.6 |
| Reach Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Weirs Drove, Burwell | battery storage | 30 | application submitted | 0.9 |
| Burwell | battery storage | 50 | operational | 1.0 |
| Burwell Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 2.0 |
| Anchor Lane, Burwell | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Goosehall Solar Farm | solar farm | 39.5 | operational | 2.6 |
| Burwell Anchor Lane Farm, Newnham Drove | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Breach Farm Solar farm | solar farm | 67 | operational | 2.6 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (52.2727, 0.3274).